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FIVE new community travel services are to open up in the north Clare this month, making it the largest single expansion to date of the Clare Ac- cessible Transport network.
This expansion, which will bring to eight the total amount of routes oper- ated in the north of the county, will be completed and fully online from ord MAW Leis) ©
The new routes will serve Bally- vaughan, Lisdoonvarna, Ennistymon and Kilfenora on Tuesday, Liscannor,
Ennistymon and Ennis on Thursday as well as Tubber to Gort and Carron to Gort on Friday.
“We are there to transport anyone and everyone. It is really designed SO anyone can use it. We conducted a number of surveys in the north Clare area and have developed our new services to match the people who need this transport the most – but once they are up and going they are available for anyone to use,’ said Laura Ward of Clare Accessible ‘Transport.
‘The service is for every part of the
community and we have developed a fair structure which makes it even more accessible for everyone to use. We like to think of it as an access- able service in every way.”
Clare Accessible Transport now operates six buses full-time through- out the county.
The not-for-profit organisation op- erated 10 services in east Clare, eight in north Clare, and three each in west and south Clare.
‘We are always open to consultation and if anyone wants to get in touch at any point about future routes, they
are more than welcome.
‘The certain consideration here is that we do not open routes that we feel we cannot sustain. We consider our routes very carefully before we Sree
‘Because we are a not-for-profit or- ganisation we cannot collect money on the buses so people need to ring in and register or register on their first journey which is free.”
For more information or to register for the new service telephone 061 924375 or 1890 687287 or check out www.catconnects.ie.